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Outrage over 'LGBT' books being banned by schools?

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Hairyesterdaygonetoday · 19/08/2024 10:51

Has anyone seen this story in The Independent? I can't access the story because it's behind a paywall.

I'd like to know if these are books showing gay people living normal lives, which I'd have thought were quite widely read these days. Or if they're nonsense about people being 'born in the wrong body'. Once again it's obscured by the forced teaming of LGB, which are normal human sexualities, with transgenderism, which is totally different.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lgbt-books-ban-uk-schools-library-b2596374.html?lid=3zhtz7kgzghk

Thanks if anyone can enlighten me!

Investigation reveals UK schools are banning LGBT+ books after parents’ complaints

Exclusive: Library staff, MPs and charities have warned banning books is worrying regression on LGBT+ rights and can be harmful to young people

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lgbt-books-ban-uk-schools-library-b2596374.html?lid=3zhtz7kgzghk

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Thryty · 19/08/2024 11:00

As a woman who's slept with more women than men, books about being gay don't have any place in primary schools.

Children don't need to be concerned or coerced about sexuality.

They just need to learn to read.

SerendipityJane · 19/08/2024 10:59

Skim reading pulled this out.

The responses revealed that specific titles removed from school libraries included This Book Is Gay, by Juno Dawson, a memoir about a young person discovering their sexual identity; Julián is a Mermaid, by Jessica Love, a picture book about a gender non-conforming boy who dreams of being a mermaid; and the alphabet book ABC Pride, by Louie Stowell, Elly Barnes and Amy Phelps, which introduces young readers to the alphabet while they learn more about the LGBT+ community.

However the whole article is rather vague. Which suggests it's trying to whjp up da feelz rather than da thoughtz

Raeven · 19/08/2024 10:58

Not sure if pics are in the right order

Outrage over 'LGBT' books being banned by schools?
Outrage over 'LGBT' books being banned by schools?
Outrage over 'LGBT' books being banned by schools?